Differential functional von Foerster equations with renewal

Natural iterative methods converge to the exact solution of a differential-functional von Foerster-type equation which describes a single population dependent on its past time and state densities as well as on its total size. On the lateral boundary we impose a renewal condition. Природнi iтератив...

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Natural iterative methods converge to the exact solution of a differential-functional von Foerster-type equation which describes a single population dependent on its past time and state densities as well as on its total size. On the lateral boundary we impose a renewal condition.
Природнi iтеративнi методи збiгаються до точного розв’язку диференцiально-функцiонального рiвняння типу фон Фьорстера, що описує популяцiю, залежну вiд своїх минулих густин станiв i вiд загального розмiру. На бiчнiй границi ми накладаємо умову вiдновлення.
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Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України
Condensed Matter Physics
Differential functional von Foerster equations with renewal
Диференцiальнi функцiональнi рiвняння фон Фьорстера з вiдновленням
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description Natural iterative methods converge to the exact solution of a differential-functional von Foerster-type equation which describes a single population dependent on its past time and state densities as well as on its total size. On the lateral boundary we impose a renewal condition. Природнi iтеративнi методи збiгаються до точного розв’язку диференцiально-функцiонального рiвняння типу фон Фьорстера, що описує популяцiю, залежну вiд своїх минулих густин станiв i вiд загального розмiру. На бiчнiй границi ми накладаємо умову вiдновлення.
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fulltext Condensed Matter Physics 2008, Vol. 11, No 2(54), pp. 361–370 Differential functional von Foerster equations with renewal H.Leszczyński Univ. Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 57, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland Received January 31, 2008 Natural iterative methods converge to the exact solution of a differential-functional von Foerster-type equation which describes a single population dependent on its past time and state densities as well as on its total size. On the lateral boundary we impose a renewal condition. Key words: iterative method, differential functional, Hale operator PACS: 87.10.+e, 82.39.-k, 82.39.Rk 1. Introduction The paper is dedicated to the memory of Professor A. Lasota. Von Foerster and Volterra-Lotka equations arise in biology, medicine and chemistry, [1,7,11,12,14]. The independent variables xj and the unknown function u stand for certain features and densities, respectively. It follows from this natural interpretation that xj > 0 and u > 0. Von Foerster model is essentially nonlocal, because it contains the total size of population ∫ u(t, x)dx. Existence results for certain von Foerster type problems have been established by means of the Banach contraction principle, the Schauder fixed point theorem or iterative methods, see [2] and [3–5]. Nonlocal terms always cause huge problems. Satisfactory conditions for convergence of iterative methods were provided in [9], where (for the sake of simplicity) some boundary data were prescribed. This forced additional restrictions on the (tangential!) flow of bicharacteristics near the lateral boundary. In the present paper we generalize the L∞∩L1-convergence results of [9] to the case of renewal boundary conditions with natural assumptions on the flow of bicharacteristics. An associate re- sult to [9] on fast convergent quasi-linearization methods has been published in [8]. The renewal condition of the form u(t, 0) = ∫ ∞ 0 k(t, x, y)u(t, x)dx is interpreted as giving birth to young individuals at the age 0 by mature individuals (0 < x < +∞). In A. Lasota’s investigations there were included some delay effects like ∫ u(t− r, x)dx. Such cases are also available using the method of the present paper. Investigations of finite difference schemes on large meshes with strongly nonlocal functionals were analyzed in [15]. Since the renewal case is complex, we arrive at its reduction to the one with given data on the lateral boundary. In fact, the unknown renewal part is expressed by a Green function. This approach can be extended to many species models. There is also a difference between the renewal case and [9]: the renewal involves such coupling of the unknown function that excludes monotone iterations. 1.1. Formulation of the differential problem. Let τ = (τ1, . . . , τn) ∈ Rn +, τ0 > 0, where R+ := [0,+∞). Define B = [−τ0, 0] × [−τ, τ ], where [−τ, τ ] = [−τ1, τ1] × · · · × [−τn, τn] c© H.Leszczyński 361 H.Leszczyński and E0 = [−τ0, 0] × Rn, E = [0, a] × Rn, (a > 0), ∂E = {(t, x) ∈ E : x1 · · · · · xn = 0} . For each function w defined on [−τ0, a], we have the Hale functional wt (see [6]), which is the function defined on [−τ0, 0] by wt(s) = w(t+ s), (s ∈ [−τ0, 0]). For each function u defined on E0 ∪E, we similarly write a Hale-type functional u(t,x), defined on B by u(t,x)(s, y) = u(t+ s, x+ y) for (s, y) ∈ B. Let Ω0 = E × C ([−τ0, a],R+) and Ω = E × C (B,R+) × C ([−τ0, a],R+) . Take v : E0 → R+ and cj : Ω0 → R, λ : Ω → R (j = 1, . . . , n). Consider the differential-functional equation ∂u ∂t + n ∑ j=1 cj (t, x, z[u]t) ∂u ∂xj = u(t, x)λ ( t, x, u(t,x), z[u]t ) , (1) where z[u](t) := ∫ Rn + u(t, y)dy, t ∈ [−τ0, a], (2) with the initial conditions u(t, x) = v(t, x), (t, x) ∈ E0 , x = (x1, . . . , xn) ∈ Rn + , (3) and with the renewal condition u(t, x) = ∫ Rn + k(t, x, y)u(t, y)dy, (t, x) ∈ ∂E, y ∈ Rn + , (4) where k : ∂E×Rn + → Rn +. We are looking for Caratheodory’s solutions to (1)–(4), see [2] and [10]. The functional dependence includes a possible delayed and integral dependence of the Volterra type. The Hale functional z[u]t takes into consideration the whole population within the time interval [t− τ0, t], whereas the Hale-type functional u(t,x) shows the dependence on the density u locally in a left neighbourhood of (t, x). For simplicity we assume in the paper that n = 1. Notice that it is possible to extend the result to the case n > 1 with quite technical multiple integrals on the lateral boundary. 2. Bicharacteristics First, for a given function z ∈ C([−τ0, a],R+), consider the bicharacteristic equations for problem (1), (3): η′(s) = c (s, η(s), zs) , η(t) = x. (5) Denote by η = η[z](·; t, x) = (η1[z](·; t, x), . . . , ηn[z](·; t, x)) the bicharacteristic curve passing through (t, x) ∈ E, i.e., the solution to problem (5). We consider its maximal (left) existence domain to be an interval [α(t, x), t], where α(t, x) = 0 or 0 < α(t, x) 6 t. This alternative splits E into two parts E0[z] and E+[z]. Next, we consider the following equation d d s u(s, η[z](s; t, x)) = u(s, η[z](s; t, x))λ(s, η[z](s; t, x), u(s,η[z](s;t,x)), zs) (6) with the initial condition u(0, η[z](0; t, x)) = v(0, η[z](0; t, x)) for (t, x) ∈ E0[z], (7) 362 Differential functional von Foerster equations with renewal and (with the brief notation α = α(t, x)) u(α, η[z](α; t, x)) = ṽ(α, η[z](α; t, x)) for (t, x) ∈ E+[z]. (8) In the latter equation (6) the existence of a suitable extension ṽ of v to the lateral boundary is complicated. We discuss this topic later on. For any given function z ∈ C([−τ0, a],R+), a solution of equation (6) along bicharacteristics (5) is a solution of (1). The initial conditions (3) and (7) or (8) correspond to each other. Assume that: (V0) v ∈ CB (E0,R+) (non-negative, bounded and continuous function); (V1) z[v] ∈ C ([−τ0, 0],R+), where z[v](t) = ∫ Rn v(t, x)dx; (V2) the function v satisfies the Lipschitz condition |v(t, x) − v(t, x̄)| 6 Lv‖x− x̄‖ on E0 with some constant Lv > 0; (C0) cj : Ω0 → R+ are positive, continuous and ‖c(t, x, q) − c(t, x̄, q̄)‖ 6 Lc‖x− x̄‖ + L∗ c‖q − q̄‖. A continuous function σ : [0, a] × R+ → R+ is said to be a Perron comparison function if σ(t, 0) ≡ 0 and the differential problem y′ = σ(t, y), y(0) = 0 has the only zero solution. We call it uniform if σ, multiplied by any positive constant, is also a Perron comparison function. We call it monotone if σ is non-decreasing in the second variable. (Λ0) λ : Ω → R is continuous in (t, x, w, q) and |λ(t, x, w, q) − λ(t, x̄, w̄, q̄)| 6 Mλ σ(t, ‖x− x̄‖ + ‖w − w̄‖ + ‖q − q̄‖), where σ : [0, a] × R+ → R+ is a monotone, uniform Perron comparison function; (Λ1) there exists a function Lλ ∈ L1([0, a],R+), such that λ(t, x, w, q) 6 Lλ(t) for (t, x) ∈ E,w ∈ C(B,Rm + ), q ∈ C([−τ0, a],R m + ). Denote W (t, x, w, q) = λ(t, x, w, q) + tr ∂xc(t, x, q) for (t, x) ∈ E,w ∈ C(B,R+), q ∈ C([−τ0, a],R+), where tr ∂xc stands for the trace of the matrix ∂xc = [∂xk cj ]j,k=1,...,n . (W0) There exists MW ∈ R+, such that |W (t, x, w, q) −W (t, x̄, w̄, q̄)| 6 MW σ(t, ‖x− x̄‖ + ‖w − w̄‖ + ‖q − q̄‖), where σ : [0, a] × R+ → R+ is a monotone, uniform Perron comparison function. (W1) There exists a function LW ∈ L1([0, a],R+), such that W (t, x, w, q) 6 LW (t) for (t, x) ∈ E,w ∈ C(B,R+), q ∈ C([−τ0, a],R+). (K0) The kernel k : ∂E × Rn + → Rn + is bounded and continuous, and a · ‖k‖∞ · ‖c‖ < 1. The latter condition states that the length of the interval [0, a] is sufficiently small. This as- sumption is superfluous if k(t, x, y) = 0. 363 H.Leszczyński Lemma 2.1 If the conditions (V0), (Λ1), (K0) are satisfied, then any solution u of equation (6) has the estimate 0 6 u(t, x) 6 ‖v‖∞ exp ( ∫ t 0 Lλ(s)ds ) on E0[z] and 0 6 u(t, x) 6 ‖v‖∞ exp ( ∫ t 0 (Lλ(s) + LW (s))ds ) · ‖k‖∞ 1 − a · ‖k‖∞ · ‖c‖∞ on E+[z]. Proof. The first inequality is standard. The second one will be explained in the following subsection. � 2.1. The fixed point equation. Let Z(t) = max −τ06s60 ‖v(s, ·)‖1 exp ( ∫ t 0 LW (s)ds ) +t · ‖c‖∞ · ‖v‖∞ exp ( ∫ t 0 (Lλ(s) + LW (s))ds ) · ‖k‖∞ 1 − a · ‖k‖∞ · ‖c‖∞ (9) where we put LW (s) = 0 for s ∈ [−τ0, 0], and Z = {z ∈ C([−τ0, a],R+) : z(t) 6 Z(t)}. (10) Consider the operator T : Z → Z given by the formula T [z](t) = ∫ Rn + u[z](t, x)dx for t > 0, (11) where u = u[z] ∈ C1(B,R+) is the solution of (6)–(7) with the initial condition u[z](t, x) = v(t, x) on E0. The function u = u[z] has the following integral representation u[z](t, x) = v(α, η(α)) exp ( ∫ t α λ ( s, η(s), u(s,η(s)), zs ) ds ) , (12) where η(s) = η[z](s; t, x) and α = α(t, x) (α depends on z). By Lemma 2.1, we write (11) in the following way T [z](t) = ∫ Rn + v(α, η(α)) exp ( ∫ t α λ ( s, η(s), u(s,η(s)), zs ) ds ) dx (13) for t > 0. The bicharacteristics admit the group property: y = η[z](0; t, x) ⇐⇒ η[z](s; t, x) = η[z](s; 0, y), that is: any bicharacteristic curve passing through the points (0, y) and (t, x) has the same value at s ∈ [0, a]. If we change the variables y = η[z](0; t, x), then, by the Liouville theorem, the Jacobian J = det [ ∂c ∂x ] is given for α = α(t, x) by the formula J(α; t, x) = exp ( − ∫ t α tr ∂xc(s, ηi[z](s; 0, y), zs)ds ) . 364 Differential functional von Foerster equations with renewal Hence (13) can be written in the form T [z](t) = ∫ Rn + v(0, y) exp ( ∫ t 0 W (s, η(s), u(s,η(s)), zs)ds ) dy + ∫ St u(α, η(α; t, x)) exp ( ∫ t α λ(s, η(s), u(s,η(s)), zs)ds ) dx, (14) where η(s) = η[z](s; 0, y), α = α(t, x) and St is the set of x ∈ Rn + such that α(t, x) > 0. Lemma 2.2 If the conditions (V0), (V1), (W1), (K0) are satisfied, then 0 6 T [z](t) 6 Z(t) < +∞ for t ∈ [0, a], where Z is given by (9). Proof. This assertion follows directly from (14) and Assumptions (V0), (V1) and (W1). � The respective fixed point equation for bicharaceristics η = η[z] has the form η(s; t, x) = x− ∫ t s c(ζ, η(ζ; t, x), zζ)dζ. (15) Lemma 2.3 If Assumption (C0) is satisfied and z, z̄ ∈ Z, then ‖η[z](s; t, x) − η[z̄](s; t, x)‖ 6 ∫ t s L∗ c‖zζ − z̄ζ‖e Lc(ζ−s)dζ. Lemma 2.4 Under the Assumptions (V0), (V1), (C0), (K0), for each z ∈ Z, there exists the unique continuous function ṽ : ∂E → R+ which satisfies the renewal condition. Proof. The renewal condition (4) for (t, x) ∈ ∂E can be rewritten as follows u(t, x) = ∫ Rn +\St k(t, x, y)u(t, y) + ∫ St k(t, x, y)u(t, y)dy. The first term is a bounded operator of v, see (12). From (12), the second term is equal to ∫ St k(t, x, y) v(α, η(α)) exp ( ∫ t α λ ( s, η(s), u(s,η(s)), zs ) ds ) dy, where η(s) = η[z](s; t, y) and α = α(t, y). By (K0) the second term is small (has the norm less than 1). � The above lemma explains the estimate of Lemma 2.1. The next statement is crucial in our paper. Lemma 2.5 Under all previous assumptions, any solution z of the fixed point equation for (14) has the representation z(t) = ∫ Rn + v(0, y)G(t, y; z)dy, where the Green function G has the same estimate as the first kernel in (14), multiplied by some constant. Proof. The assertion follows from a Neumann series expansion for u aided by the renewal condition. � 365 H.Leszczyński 3. The iterative method. Define the iterative method by z(k+1) = T [z(k)] with an arbitrary function z(0) ∈ Z, where the class Z is defined by (10). We prove its uniform convergence under natural assumptions on the given functions. The algorithm splits into three stages: 1. finding bicharacteristics η(k) = η[z(k)], given by (15), 2. finding u(k) = u[z(k)] as a solution of (12), 3. calculating z(k+1) = T [z(k)] by means of (13) or (14). In this way there are given the integral equations η(k)(s; t, x) = x− ∫ t s c(ζ, η(k)(ζ; t, x), z (k) ζ )dζ , u(k)(t, x) = v(α, η(k)(α; t, x)) exp ( ∫ t α λ ( Q(k)(s) ) ds ) , z(k+1)(t) = ∫ Rn v(0, y) exp ( ∫ t 0 W ( R(k)(s) ) ds ) dy + ∫ St u(α, η(k)(α; t, x)) exp ( ∫ t α λ ( Q(k)(s) ) ds ) where α = α(t, x) (depends on z(k)) and Q(k)(s) = ( s, η(k)(s; t, x), u (k) (s,η(k)(s;t,x)) , z(k) s ) , R(k)(s) = ( s, η(k)(s; 0, y), u (k) (s,η(k)(s;0,y)) , z(k) s ) . Theorem 3.1 If z(0) ∈ Z and Assumptions (V 0)–(V 2), (C0), (Λ0), (Λ1), (W0), (W1), (K0) are satisfied and there are K ∈ R+, θ ∈ (0, 1] such that σ(t, r) 6 K tθ−1p r1−1/p for p > 2, (16) then the iterative method z(k+1) = T [z(k)] is well defined in Z and uniformly converges to the unique fixed point z = T [z], locally, that is: on a sufficiently small [0, a]. Remark 3.1 The technical condition (16) is fulfilled in the Lipschitz case (σ(t, r) = Lr) as well as the simplest nonlinear Perron comparison functions such as σ(t, r) = Lr ln (1 + 1/r). Its formu- lation also includes weak singularities, e.g. σ(t, r) = t−1/2Lr and σ(t, r) = t−1/2Lr ln (1 + 1/r). Proof. (of Theorem 3.1) Denote ∆z(k) = z(k+1) − z(k), ∆η(k) = η(k+1) − η(k), ∆u(k) = u(k+1) − u(k). Then we have the estimates ‖∆η(k)(s; t, x)‖ 6 ∫ t s L∗ c‖∆z (k) ζ ‖eLc(ζ−s)dζ , |∆u(k)(t, x)| 6 C‖∆η(k)(0; t, x)‖ exp ( ∫ t 0 Lλ(s)ds ) + C exp ( ∫ t 0 Lλ(s)ds ) ∫ t 0 Mλσ ( s, P (k)(s; t, x) ) ds, |∆z(k+1)(t)| 6 C ∫ t 0 MWσ ( s, P (k)(s; t, x) ) ds, where P (k)(s; t, x) = ‖∆η(k)(s; t, x)‖+ ‖∆u(k)‖s + ‖∆z(k)‖s. In the above estimate the constant C is generic (depending on the data). 366 Differential functional von Foerster equations with renewal Denote L̂λ = ∫ a 0 Lλ(s)ds and Ψ(k)(s, t) = ψ̄(k)(s) + ψ(k)(s) + ∫ t s L∗ ce Lcaψ(k)(ζ)dζ . Consider the comparison equations ψ̄(k)(t) = C ∫ t 0 L∗ ce Lca+L̂λψ(k)(s)ds+ C eL̂λ ∫ t 0 Mλσ ( s,Ψ(k)(s, t) ) ds, (17) ψ(k+1)(t) = C ∫ t 0 MWσ ( s,Ψ(k)(s, t) ) ds (18) with ψ(0)(t) = Z(t) and ψ̄(0)(t) = C exp ( ∫ t 0 LW (s)ds ) + C ∫ t 0 L∗ ce Lca+L̂λZ(s)ds + CeL̂λ ∫ t 0 Mλσ ( s, ψ̄(0)(s) + Z(s) + ∫ t s L∗ ce LcaZ(ζ)dζ ) ds. (19) The remaining part of the proof is split into several auxiliary lemmas. Lemma 3.1 Under the assumptions of Theorem 3.1 there is a0 ∈ (0, a] such that |∆u(k)(t, x)| 6 ψ̄(k)(t), |∆z(k)(t)| 6 ψ(k)(t), ‖∆η(k)(s; t, x)‖ 6 ∫ t s L∗ ce Lcaψ(k)(ζ)dζ on [0, a0] × R+, and the sequences {ψ(k)}, {ψ̄(k)} are non-decreasing in k. Lemma 3.2 Under the assumptions of Theorem 3.1 the estimate ∫ t 0 σ(s,Asl +Btl+1)ds 6 tl+θ−l/p pKθ−1 [ A θ + l + B a θ ]1−1/p holds. Lemma 3.3 Under the assumptions of Theorem 3.1 the sequences {ψ(k)} and {ψ̄(k)} tend uni- formly to 0 as k → +∞. Proof. With some constants M , M∗ and ca, dependent on the data, the equation ψ̂(t) = M ∫ t 0 ψ̂(s)ds+M∗ ∫ t 0 σ ( s, ψ̂(s) + ca ∫ t s ψ̂(ζ)dζ ) ds (20) describes a comparison function ψ̂ with respect to ψ + ψ̄, where ψ(t) = lim k→∞ ψ(k)(t), ψ̄(t) = lim k→∞ ψ̄(k)(t). One can prove by induction on k = 0, 1, . . . that ψ̂(t) 6 Ĉkt θ/2 and Ĉka θ/2 → 0 as k → +∞, provided that the interval [0, a] is sufficiently small. Take an arbitrary Ĉ0 which estimates ψ̂(t). Applying Lemma 3.2 with p = 2 to (20), we get ψ̂(t) 6 MtĈ0 +M∗tθ2Kθ−1 [ Ĉ0 (1 + caa) θ ]1/2 6 tθ/2Ĉ1, 367 H.Leszczyński where Ĉ1 = Ma1−θ/2Ĉ0 + aθ/22Kθ−1 [ Ĉ0 (1 + caa) θ ]1/2 . Suppose that the desired estimate holds for some k > 1. Applying Lemma 3.2 with p = 2k to (20), we get ψ̂(t) 6 M t1+kθ/2 1 + kθ/2 Ĉk +M∗t(k+1)θ/22Kθ−1 [ Ĉk θ + kθ/2 + caĈk θ (1 + kθ/2) ]1−1/(2k) , hence ψ̂(t) 6 t(k+1)θ/2Ĉk+1, where Ĉk+1 = MĈk a1−θ/2 1 + kθ/2 +M∗ 2Kθ−1 [ Ĉk θ + kθ/2 + caĈk θ (1 + kθ/2) ]1−1/(2k) . The constants Ĉk have an upper estimate of the form AQk, thus ψ̂(t) ≡ 0 in a neighbourhood of 0 (because ψ̂(t) 6 AQktkθ/2). Lemma 3.4 Under the assumptions of Theorem 3.1 the sequences {z(k)}, {u(k)}, {η(k)} tend uniformly to z, u[z], η[z] such that z = T [z]. Proof. We intend to find the following estimates ψ(k)(t) 6 Ckt lk , ψ̄(k)(t) 6 C̄kt lk , where the series ∑ k Ckt lk is convergent in a neighbourhood of 0. The assertion is seen if we replace the comparison equations (17)–(18) by the inequalities C̄kt lk > C ∫ t 0 L∗ ce Lca+L̂λCks lkds+ CeL̂λ ∫ t 0 Mλσ ( s, (Ck + C̄k)slk + L∗ ce LcaCkt lk+1/(lk + 1) ) ds, Ck+1t lk+1 > C ∫ t 0 MWσ ( s, (Ck + C̄k)slk + L∗ ce LcaCkt lk+1/(lk + 1) ) ds with suitable C0t l0 > Z(a) and with some C̄0 > aC L∗ ce Lca+L̂λZ(a) + CeL̂λ Mλ ∫ a 0 σ ( s, C̄0 + Z(a) + aL∗ ce LcaZ(a) ) ds. If we put l0 = 0, p0 = 2/θ, lk = kθ/2, pk = 4 k for k = 1, 2, . . . and exploit Lemma 3.2, then Ck, C̄k can be defined as making the series ∑ k Ckt lk convergent, hence the series ψ(0) + ψ(2) + . . . uniformly converges, and z(k) has a limit, which is continuous. Corollary 3.1 If Assumptions (V 0)–(V 2), (C0), (Λ0), (Λ1), (W0) and (W1) are satisfied, then there exists a unique solution of problem (1)–(3), locally with respect to t. 3.1. The Lipschitz case. Suppose that Assumptions (V 0)–(V 2), (C0), (Λ1) and (W1), (K0) formulated in Section 2, are valid. 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Stability of forward-backward finite difference schemes for certain problems in biology. Comment. Math., 2005, 45, 191–203. 369 H.Leszczyński Диференцiальнi функцiональнi рiвняння фон Фьорстера з вiдновленням Г.Лещиньскi Унiверситет Ґданська, Ґданськ, Польща Отримано 31 сiчня 2008 р. Природнi iтеративнi методи збiгаються до точного розв’язку диференцiально-функцiонального рiв- няння типу фон Фьорстера, що описує популяцiю, залежну вiд своїх минулих густин станiв i вiд загального розмiру. На бiчнiй границi ми накладаємо умову вiдновлення. Ключовi слова: iтеративний метод, диференцiальний функцiонал, оператор Гейла PACS: 87.10.+e, 82.39.-k, 82.39.Rk 370